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Everyone Is Obsessed With This Kitten In A Sweater

Meet Arlo, a kitten with a unique sense of style and the attitude to match.

The 13-week-old tabby has stolen quite a few hearts across social media since his mom posted two photos of the dapper kitten wearing a sweater and winking at the camera.

So why does this small feline need to be bundled up in the middle of summer? The sensitive cat is not a big fan of central air, and it has had very fashionable consequences. “I made my kitten a sweater so he wouldn't get chilly with the A/C on and now he thinks he's a stud,” Eden Bloor, Arlo's mom, tweeted on June 25.

It seems wearing sweaters comes naturally to Arlo, who loves to be cozy. "He loved to be swaddled as a very very young kitten,” Bloor tells The Dodo. “He liked to crawl into pillowcases and underneath blankets."

Arlo’s sweaters are all handmade, and he even picks out the fabric himself (sort of). "I was collecting some clothes to donate that I didn't need anymore and he crawled through one of the sleeves of the sweaters and just stayed there,” Bloor says. “I cut off the sleeve and sewed it accordingly because he seemed to love it a lot."

Arlo’s personality matches his vibrant sartorial choices perfectly, but the kitten always makes time to snuggle with mom. “He has a very friendly personality; very curious. [He] isn't scared of loud noises, loves to play and carries his toys around in his mouth,” Bloor says. “He loves to cuddle and he meows constantly, which is quite adorable!"

Rocking a cozy turtleneck, Arlo couldn’t look more confident, and his pics have since earned him the nickname of “stud cat.” Twitter can’t seem to get enough of his cuteness, and in just a few short days the tweet has racked up over 70,000 retweets and 200,000 likes.